Chapter 50: Crazy idea

Marin was also very anxious about the death of Hedwig. He was not worried about East Friesland ’s insecurity, even if the Danish army came to attack, he did not think that the Danish Army was his opponent.

But the Danish navy is too strong! 50 professional warships of over 200 tons, plus ships and sailors can be recruited from hundreds of merchant ships nationwide at any time. Really fighting, Denmark has no problem gathering 200 warships.

In this era, the Europeans were already popular with Tibetan soldiers. Especially in the navy, those merchant ships and sailors on board may be recruited into the war during the war. Therefore, those merchant ships and sailors also do some naval combat training when they do not have business.

But on the Marin side, the sailors were selected from the Frisian fishermen. Perhaps, there is nothing wrong with steering the sailboat. But naval warfare, I haven't really trained. Only those 3 warships and 15 armed merchant ships have undergone relevant training. Even if their training is using artillery, it is more advanced than buying the Navy's side-to-side battle. But it is not wrong to face such a large quantity gap. The most important thing is that the marine combat training of the 15 armed merchant ships under Marin is seriously insufficient, just to fight pirates, and there is not enough training for large-scale naval warfare. Only those three warships are regularly trained.

Of course, if the adventure and the Danish naval battle may not necessarily fail. But if it fails, it is over. Because, Marin's core trading business is salt trading. Once the salt trade was cut off by the Danes, Marin had no money to feed the current 20,000 army. Without an army of 20,000, any ideal or layout of Marin will fail.

Therefore, Marin intends to bear with him first and strive for the forgiveness of Oldenburg. For this, he is willing to pay a large sum of my compensation.

It was just that he suddenly discovered that the Oldenburg side seemed to be in no hurry to negotiate ...

Marin just thought about it for a while, and then he understood that the other party is waiting for Denmark to draw his hand to help ...

When Denmark draws its hand and sends a fleet to demonstrate, Marin really has no choice but to choose to admonish him. When the time comes, the old country of Oldenburg will definitely speak with a lion. Maybe, there will be territorial requirements ...

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Sure enough, shortly afterwards, old Steen. Sure sent some secret intelligence. The intelligence said that the Danish King Hans wrote a letter to John V, the Earl of Oldenburg, to delay the negotiation of John V. When the Danish navy takes time, he will besiege Emden and force Marin to bow his head ...

Even, the Swedish intelligence personnel of the old Steen. Steure also learned the condition of Hans-to cede Jevre to the Oldenburg country, in addition to compensation for a large amount of Danish gold coins, to subsidize Denmark's military expenses against Sweden.

However, in order to stimulate Marin, Old Steen. Stereo deliberately exaggerated tens of thousands of gold coins into hundreds of thousands of gold coins ...

Sweden and Denmark have long-term alliances, so the two sides have loved each other for many years. It's not surprising that Sweden has put its eyes on the Danish court.

Received the letter from old Steen Sturley, Marin's lungs were exploded. He is ready to bleed, even if he compensates tens of thousands of gold coins. However, the other party is much darker than he thought ...

Light is a territorial requirement, which is completely unacceptable to Marin. That is 500 square kilometers of land, not 50 square kilometers. In Germany, many Earl's enclosures are not so big. For example, the Ritterberg, born of Archbishop Konrad II of Münster, is only more than 200 square kilometers, not even half of Jever.

Of course, it is precisely because of the larger land than many Earl's lords that the Wilmken family breeds ambitions and wants to become an uncle alone, which is the opposite.

In addition, Marin was extremely angry about the information that Denmark might want to blackmail hundreds of thousands of gold coins. At the risk of his life, he defeated the 26,000 Saxon army and captured so many captives, only to get a compensation of 1 million gold coins. He just wanted to blackmail himself hundreds of thousands of gold coins just by sending warships under siege in Denmark. Why?

So, Marin was completely angry ...

It was just right, the good news came from Emden Shipyard-a new batch of 5 warships had been launched, I hope Marin sent someone to receive ...

"5 warships ..." Marin was suddenly as if he was beaten with chicken blood, excited ...

"Yeah, I can explode the navy, and one day I will defeat Denmark ..."

But soon, Marin calmed down again. Because he lacks the most time ...

If Denmark soon frees up his hands to siege Emden, then the only result is Marin's submission ...

Therefore, Marin hopes that the Swedes will be stronger and the Danes will have no time for him ...

In fact, the old Steen. Steure provided that exaggerated information to Marin, it is hope that Marin will give him more support. Because the young Swedish officers who received training from Teutonic Republic told him that Marin had 10,000 troops in Teutonic Kingdom ...

So, the old Steen. Sturley instantly moved. If, then, 10,000 troops came to help Sweden, the Danes' failure was sure. Because it was Marin's army. At the beginning, only 10,000 troops were used to defeat the 26,000 troops of the Saxons. The Danes attacked Sweden this time, but only 20,000 troops were used. Moreover, this is already a Danish old book.

Marin's 10,000 army in the Teutonic Kingdom, even if it is just a new army, can't catch up with the 10,000 people in East Friesland, but when combined with 10,000 in Sweden, it can defeat the Danes ...

Therefore, after receiving the information from the Danish court, Old Sten exaggerated the amount of money that Denmark wanted to extort and gave it to Marin. Then, Marin was really stimulated ...

500 square kilometers of land, hundreds of thousands of gold coins of compensation ... This is no longer blackmail, but cutting meat ...

Therefore, Marin, who had planned to endure, decided to change his mind ...

However, after thinking for a few days, Marin still found out that if he turned against Denmark now, the biggest possibility is that he won on land and then lost the ocean ...

However, this is too fatal for Marin. Without a trade route on the ocean, Marin would have no money to feed 20,000 troops. So, he couldn't afford to lose on the ocean ...

Lübeck, historically, after the conflict broke out with Denmark in 1509, Lübeck defeated Denmark on land by German mercenaries, but lost at sea. Finally, because Lübeck relied on the ocean trade to eat, he had to admit that he had to ...

Lubeck's situation is similar to that of Marin. If you go out and work with Denmark, the final result is probably similar to Lübeck ...

"Wait ... Lübeck ... Hanseatic League ..." Marin suddenly stood up ...

He thought that it was not only his own family that had conflicts with Denmark, the Hanseatic League, but he was an old enemy with Denmark ...

Especially the leader of the Hanseatic League Lübeck, because a large number of merchant ships entered and exited the Øresund Straits controlled by the Danes, were inevitably taxed and extorted by the Danes. So, after the fall with the Danes in 1509, the Lübeck talents resolutely took out their families and joined forces with the Swedes to overturn Denmark on land, but lost in the naval battle ... Then, by 1533, no The convinced Lübeck went to war against Denmark again, but that time he lost even worse, and the whole navy was wiped out. Since then, the Hanseatic leader Lübeck has fallen ...

Of course, this is not to say that the Lübeckers ’sea power is too weak, but that the Danish navy is too strong ...

In fact, the number of merchant ships of the Lübeck is also very large. The warship doesn't know much, but it must be more than Marin ...

Moreover, the Lübeck people are not stupid. The reason why they dared to challenge Denmark twice is definitely not worse than Denmark. According to Marin's speculation, Lübeck's naval strength should be a little worse than Denmark.

However, do n’t forget that Lübeck is the “Queen of Hanseatic”. It can also gather the fleet from Hamburg, the second largest Hanseatic city, to siege the Danish navy together.

In fact, what Marin did not know is that Lübeck ’s history in Shanghai and two defeats was because the Hamburg fleet was west of Denmark and the Lübeck fleet was east of Denmark. The Danes cunningly blocked Hamburg's fleet and prevented them from converging with Lübeck's fleet. Then, the Danes intently attacked the Lübeck fleet, and finally won ... And if the two strongest fleets of the Hanseatic League are brought together, the Danes may not win.

Of course, there are many reasons for this. Even if the two major fleets converge, unified command has become an important issue. In addition, for the naval battle, Marin decided to "invent" the slogan, which could be used in the naval battle against Denmark ...

Lübeck's fleet is very strong in itself. In addition, Hamburg's fleet is no weaker than the Danish navy. The only problem is that the fleets of the two cities are separated by Denmark, which is easily broken by each.

However, if Marin is involved, it will be completely different ...

Marin now has 8 warships and 15 armed warships. If they are all mobilized, even if they cannot become the absolute main force, they can also become an important force to break the balance.

Once the Danes started fighting with Lübeck, they would definitely send a fleet to intercept the Hamburg fleet. However, this intercepted fleet is certainly not too strong. Because, they just want to stop Hamburg's fleet.

Kemarin's fleet was suddenly killed from behind, and with the Hamburg fleet, it would definitely destroy this Danish squadron. Then, the Marin fleet and the Hamburg fleet went to the Baltic battlefield to join the Lübeck fleet and defeat the Danish fleet.

Moreover, on land, Marin can completely despise Denmark. At that time, Marin planned to send a large army, first destroying the Old Kingdom of Oldenburg, and then, all the way east, arrived in the territory of the Danes in Germany, and captured the Principality of Holstein and the Principality of Schleswig.

By the time, once Denmark loses, Marin can ask Denmark to cede Oldenburg and add a Holstein or something. The complete Schleswig and Holstein Marin were too afraid to think. After all, Lubeck and Hamburg are also divided into benefits. However, the coastline west of Schleswig and Holstein, Marin is ready to take it down. Because there are a lot of Frisians there ...

Marin positioned himself as the king of the Frisians, so those Frisian fishermen were naturally their own people. With these people, Marin can recruit more sailors, and it will be convenient for future navigation and colonization ...

(Note: The Frisians are widely distributed, from the coast of the Netherlands, to the coast of northwestern Germany, to the west coast of Denmark. There are Frisians. Only later, they were integrated into other ethnic groups ...)

Thinking about it, Marin slobbered:

"Hmm-Denmark, Oldenburg, you wait, I want to defeat the Hanseatic League ... Oldenburg, want my territory, I want to eat you ..."

Marin wiped his saliva, and then recruited Kohler. He decided to send Kohler to contact Lübeck, "Queen of Hansa", in a secret area. I intend to take advantage of the fact that the Danes are deeply involved in the battlefield of Sweden, to unite, attack Denmark, force Denmark to bow their heads, and even eliminate Danish maritime forces to avoid becoming their own threat ...

In fact ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ The threat of the Hanseatic League to the Danish navy is more hostile than Marin. After all, the trade scale of the Hanseatic League is larger than that of Marin, and it has been extorted more by the Danes. Therefore, they will have the opportunity to destroy the Danish navy, they will be more active than Marin. Moreover, Marin also intends to secretly pass the semaphore to the Lübeck people as a secret weapon to deal with the Danes in naval warfare ...

Has to say that Marin's idea is crazy. However, it is not impossible. Because Marin was not planning to fight alone, but to join the king and queen of the Hanseatic League, Lübeck and Hamburg, to wage a war against Denmark.

The three forces ’fleets do not lose to the Danish fleet. Moreover, in terms of army strength, Marin can sling Denmark.

Marin's plan is-three fleets to jointly fight against Danish maritime forces. Then, Lübeck and Hamburg hired enough troops to cooperate with their 20,000 troops and launched a fierce attack from the land.

At that time, in order to force Denmark to surrender, Marin decided that his own army on the land would not only defeat the Principality of Holstein and the Principality of Schleswig, but also continue northward to occupy the entire Jutland Peninsula.

After, the Jutland Peninsula was used as a bargaining chip to force Denmark to give up Oldenburg, Holstein and Schleswig. Of course, if Denmark refuses to succumb, Marin even intends to occupy the Jutland peninsula ...

Now, the main force of the Danish Army is trapped in the Swedish battlefield. When his 20,000-strong army and the troops of Lübeck and Hamburg came together and suddenly attacked Denmark's territories on land, Denmark would definitely have no resistance. Perhaps Zealand, as the core region of Denmark, has a strong defense force. But the two principalities and the Jutland peninsula are sure to allow the combined forces of Marin and the two Hanseatic cities ...